
Francesco di Giorgio, 'Saint Dorothy and the Infant Christ', probably 1460s.
London, The National Gallery.
Visiting Information
Opening times:
24 October 2007 - 13 January 2008
10am - 6pm daily
(last admissions 5.15pm)
10am - 9pm Wednesdays
(last admissions 8.15pm)
Location:
Sainsbury Wing
Tickets:
A timed entry system will be in operation.
Advance booking is highly recommended
24 October 2007 - 13 January 2008
Sainsbury Wing Admission charge
Sponsored by
This
exhibition offers the first opportunity in the UK to see Sienese
Renaissance works of art in the artistic, cultural and political
context of the volatile last century of the Sienese Republic.
While
the painting of Trecento Siena is universally admired, the art produced
during the later 15th and early 16th centuries is much less well known,
especially outside Italy.
'Renaissance Siena: Art for a
City' will showcase the bravura techniques and virtuoso inventiveness
of two of the greatest Sienese artists of this period, Francesco di
Giorgio and Domenico Beccafumi, alongside many of their contemporaries.
Around one hundred beautiful paintings, sculptures, drawings, manuscripts and ceramics will be included in the exhibition.
Major
loans from private and public collections across Europe and America
will be displayed alongside the exceptional Sienese paintings in the
National Gallery's own collection - works by Matteo di Giovanni,
Francesco di Giorgio, Benvenuto di Giovanni, the Master of the Legend
of Griselda, Signorelli, Pintoricchio and Beccafumi - many of which
will be specially cleaned and restored for this show.
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